That afternoon, Arturo came late to the place where they practised together. They had promised to train together after school.It was a quiet afternoon at the shooting range for Federico's family. But from outside, Arturo could hear the continuous sound of bullets from inside the range.Arturo, who had just entered, accidentally kicked an old bottle with many holes on the floor, "Brother Loris, did you come early today? Have you been doing it since morning?" asked Arturo loudly.Loris put on his earplugs, but Arturo's shout still penetrated his ears.He lowered his hands, stopped his training, turned to Arturo, "Not really," he replied flatly.Loris had come early because, after three days, he was having trouble shooting evenly with his magic bullets.On the fourth day, he had practised early and skipped class to have a light duel with Arturo to at least keep him balanced.Arturo, who heard that, raised her eyebrows, "Really?" She asked incredulously.The young woman was astonished. Sh
In the poorly lit room, Loris lay down. He placed one hand on his forehead.Loris repeatedly sighed by closing his eyes. He rested his body, which was in more pain than before.The images of the explosive battle with Remuel and Arturo came together, making his memories blurry and chaotic."Uncontrollable emotions?" the words of several people flashed quickly in Loris' head.The combined words of Arturo, Remuel, his teachers, the elders, and even his father came together and flew into Loris' head noisily.His breathing became fast and furious. He had no history of asthma, but his muddled mind, restless thoughts, and tired body made the effect of his irregular breathing.A soft tapping sound coming from outside his room made his lose herself in the random images and fall into a deep sleep.The knocking sound grew louder until it shook Loris out of her sleep. He woke up in a very dark room."Huh!? Where is this?" he muttered to himself.Loris tried to feel around as he lay down. He reali
A small creature that only had eyes, a mouth, and small feet greeted Loris. Loris, who saw it, swallowed while freezing."Are you real? Is this just a fantasy?" thought Loris, who then swallowed again after a few times.Loris widened his eyes by staring at the creature, but all the creature did was blink while concluding a smile that was pointed at every corner of the lips."Hi Loris, nice to see you again," it said casually."Huh?! You know my name?" Loris muttered with a half-pale face.These few days, he believed he was so exhausted that everything he saw seemed unreal.Loris immediately shook his head when she realized that he was sure the one in front of his was also the same as what he saw in the dream. Not real."Hah! Seriously, I must be going crazy because this hand injury is mentally draining me," Loris spoke to himself while chuckling.He turned her face away, sighed, and then looked back at the small creature standing in front of his feet. The creature then jumped onto Lo
18 lorisLoris and the Eye creature looked at each other for a few seconds.But it was Loris who turned his face away first. He frowned as he picked up the sharp weapon he had dropped."Still talking nonsense," said Loris dryly.He ignored the eye creature's remarks and chose to remain silent throughout his steps. Loris picked up her bag and walked to the exit.Meanwhile, the eye creature, who was not happy to be ignored, made a babbling sound until he called Loris' name loudly.Loris, who was annoyed, finally used her other hand to cover the mouth of the creature in her hand."Hey, what the?" The creature's voice stopped because it was held by Loris' hand.Loris pressed their mouth to silence, "So noisy," Loris chided irritably."Mmmmmp!" The creature continued to moan behind Loris' palm without stopping.Although it was not happy with Loris' treatment, it could not struggle. It could not take out both hands because it was too weak in mana.The creature got annoyed and made a buzzing
19Loris found Arturo's face looking confused when in front of him. Loris recalled his poor attitude towards the people around him over the past few years. He then patted Arturo's shoulder gently.Loris smiled at Arturo, "Arturo, thanks for worrying about me, but I'm fine." he said kindly.He added, "I also apologise to you for my annoying attitude all this time. Will you forgive me?" he asked gently.Loris realised that hi, attitude was also not good towards Arturo lately. She realised that she was often rude and annoying."Huh? What's wrong? Are you saying goodbye?!" asked Arturo with a snarl. She even widened hee eyes in surprise at Loris' sudden attitude.Loris chuckled. He then turned his face away. Hearing Arturo's passionate attitude made him laugh amusedly."I have no intention of going anywhere. I just need your help, brother Arturo," Loris said with a sweet smile.Arturo returned Loris' smile. She was quite happy and relieved by Loris' warmer attitude than his usual cold one
As they walked and talked, Loris did not focus on the road in front of him. While Arturo hid his blushing face behind his bow.After a few steps, Loris bumped into a large body in front of him. He gasped and stopped on his last step, as did Arturo, who also bumped into Loris' back.They both looked at each other for a few seconds. Then they saw the gaze of the man who had a flat and sinister expression in front of Loris."Young master Federico, do you need anything?" he asked flatly and coldly. His voice was hoarse and heavy.Arturo immediately just gaped. He looked at Loris' relaxed expression and was not surprised by the appearance of a person who was quite scary in Arturo's eyes. That man is two meters tall, very scary, he thought.Loris nodded, "Yes, uncle medicine," he said politely."Come here," invited the man who still looked four heads old.But because his stature was so violent, he looked older. His body was tall, large and well-built. His clothes were all black, with a larg
Arturo continued to smile as she touched the natural stone beads around his neck. "Is this something I can wear?" She asked happily. Loris had already answered her the second time, the third time, he smiled at the corner of his lips. Loris validated Arturo's feelings of pleasure."Sure, it's beautiful." He said flatly.He then went back to sorting out his groceries. Turned around and walked away from where Arturo was standing.As Loris got farther and farther ahead of him, Arturo was even more pleased because he felt that Loris could read his feelings."Isn't this a sign?" Arturo asked herself. She believed that Loris reciprocated her feelings as time went on.She smiled to herself and started to turn around. Now, they had their backs to each other.Loris was busy selecting his herbs, and Arturo was imagining things that might happen in the future with the young shooter."Is this it?" Loris found a glass shelf containing several ice attribute magic crystals.The glass shelf had a th
The second day after, Loris successfully felt the effects of the herbs she had ingested. She became calmer as she walked to the shooting range."You're calmer now. Did you think of something?" asked The Eye.The Eye's tone sounded jail, but Loris chose to ignore it. That's because Loris was thinking about how their conversation yesterday stopped. The conversation stopped because of his father, who came suddenly.He got a mandate from his father to help him summarize the documents from his father's last meeting.As a result, Loris was already tired when he finished at night. He decided to sleep until the next morning and did not have contact with The Eye all night."Hey!" called the Eye once again."If you're so noisy, why didn't you answer my question yesterday," Loris interrupted in a flat tone.He finally arrived at the shooting practice room. He opened the door and heard the Eye's babbling."Loris, just now, I was praising your calmness, but you're being impatient again. Just wait.